History of innovative entrepreneurs in Japan / Takeo Kikkawa.
Kikkawa, Takeo, 1951- author.
2023
HB615
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Title History of innovative entrepreneurs in Japan / Takeo Kikkawa.
Author Kikkawa, Takeo, 1951- author.
Uniform Title Inobēshon no Rekishi - Nihon no Kakushinteki Kigyōka Gunzo. English
ISBN 9789811994548 (electronic bk.)
9811994544 (electronic bk.)
9789811994531
9811994536
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9454-8
Published Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-19-9454-8 doi
Call Number HB615
Dewey Decimal Classification 658.4/21
Summary This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan's leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models created by entrepreneurs including SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)'s Yanai Tadashi, Honda's Soichiro Honda, Sony's Akio Morita, Panasonic's Konosuke Matsushita, and Toyota's Kiichiro Toyoda, as well as their predecessors including Takatoshi Mitsui of Mitsui Zaibatsu, Shibusawa Eiichi of Daiichi Bank. While introducing the innovators, the author also raises three broader questions: 1. Why did Japan industrialize earlier than any other country outside Europe and the United States? 2. Why was Japan able to realize unsurpassed economic growth between the 1910s and the 1980s? 3. Why has Japan's economy stagnated for more than 30 years since the 1990s? Drawing upon analytical concepts including Schumpeter's breakthrough innovation, Kirzner’s incremental innovation, and Christensen’s disruptive innovation, the author contends that Japan's successes were based on unique and systematic breakthrough innovation and an accumulation of incremental innovation, while it later fell victim to a combination of breakthrough innovation from advanced countries and disruptive innovation by developing nations. Takeo Kikkawa is Professor at Japan's International University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Access Note Open access.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 22, 2023).
Available in Other Form Print version: 9789811994531
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Overview I: Edo Period
Case 1: Konoike Zen'emon: Successive Innovations on the Nationwide Market
Case 2: Takatoshi Mitsui: New Business Opportunities and the Retail Revolution
Case 3: Genzaemon Nakai: Regional Merchant Thriving on the National Stage
Discussion Point 1: Early Modern or Pre-modern?
Overview 2: From Port Opening to the Post Russo-Japanese War Period
Case 4: Hikojiro Nakamigawa: Zaibatsu Reform by Salaried Managers
Case 5: Yataro Iwasaki and Yanosuke Iwasaki: Formation of Zaibatsu by Owner Managers
Case 6: Zenjiro Yasuda and Soichiro Asano: Zaibatsu Formation through the Collaboration of Two Owner-Managers
Case 7: Eiichi Shibusawa: Mobilization of Managerial Resources by an Investor-Manager
Discussion Point 2: How Did Japan's Economy Manage to Take Off So Early? Conditions that Enabled the First Successful Industrialization Case among Late Developers
Overview 3: World War I to the 1980s
Case 8: Ichizo Kobayashi: A Leader in Urbanization Creates a New Industry
Case 9: Yasuzaemon Matsunaga: Electrification Leader Establishes Private Sector-Led Public Utility Operations
Case 10: Saburosuke Suzuki II : Commercialization of Exceptional Breakthrough Innovation
Case 11: Kiichiro Toyoda: From Breakthrough to Incremental Innovations
Case 12: Shitagau Noguchi and Yoshisuke Aikawa: Emergence of New Konzerns and Foray into the Continent
Case 13: Sazo Idemitsu: From "Oil Merchant of the Continent" to "Hero of Native Oil Companies"
Case 14: Yataro Nishiyama: Leader of Capital Investment Drives High Economic Growth
Case 15: Konosuke Matsushita: Initiator of "Consumer Revolution" Drives High Economic Growth
Case 16: Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita, Soichiro Honda, and Takeo Fujisawa: The Groundbreaking Nature of Sony and Honda Becoming Global Companies
Case 17: Toshio Doko: The Sense of Crisis Harbored by the "Fine Physician of the Business World" and "Mr. Administrative Reform"
Discussion Point 3: How did Japan's Economy Grow Continuously Over a Long Period of Time? Catch-Up and Domestic Demand
Overview 4: Japan since the 1990s
Case 18: Kazuo Inamori: Managerial Renewal by a Venture Manager
Case 19: Toshifumi Suzuki: Convenience Store Innovations Originating in Japan Spread to the World
Case 20: Tadashi Yanai and Masayoshi Son: Exceptional Challenges Undertaken by the Two Risk Takers
Discussion Point 4: Why did Japan’s Economy Slow Down? ICT Revolution and "Disruptive Innovation".

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